So you’re thinking of heading to Paris for a holiday but you’re not sure how far you’ll get with your limited French once you’re done ordering your first croissant? Never fear, the Internet is here. There are thousands of great free sites available to help you learn French. The only real trick is finding the best ones!

Here’s five of the very best free online ways to learn French, plus a handful of other useful links for your perusal. As an added bonus, most of these are just as useful if you’re looking to learn another popular language, like English, Spanish or German.

Memrise

Memrise is a dream tool for building vocabulary. This little gem of a site combines the best of flashcards, sound-bytes, mnemonics and neuroscience to ensure you remember the words you’re presented with and therefore improve your working vocabulary quickly. It’s got a huge French section with beginner, intermediate and advanced words, plus specific vocabulary for certain situations.

Busuu

Busuu is both a website and an Android application for learning languages. It’s well designed to allow learners to fully comprehend the important dialogue from everyday conversations. The app syncs to the website to ensure you’re always reviewing the most relevant lessons.

FrenchPod

FrenchPod is a free website and podcast combination which covers the basic conversations and words you’ll want to know in a style that’s easy to learn. It’s fresh, funny and memorable.

If you’ve liked it a lot, there’s also the paid podcast for advanced learners.

BBC French

The BBC French material is really very good. There’s basic French, short courses, interactive video tools, tests, cool French phrases and all sorts of other stuff.

They’ve really put a lot of thought into the sorts of things beginners and travellers are looking to learn and the various different methods of learning people like to use. There’s something for everyone.

Some Honourable Mentions

Here are some really useful French resources which aren’t necessarily popular, but are certainly worth bookmarking and paying attention to:

I found a very good site "http://preply.com/en/english-by-skype" from there you can learn english with native speakers online for free.
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I highly recommend it